Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1887-03-04
DR, TALMAGE'S SERMON.
SUBJECT OF HIS DISCOURSE: 1.-THE
SWELLING OF JORDAN"

VI ITO D'oCOohoc' ne
SWELLING OF JORDAN.'
Inc 'sFea1 PREACHER Does Not Believe
that there is Real Atheist in All
the World -Jobn p,,rn a a..
BROOKLYN. Feb 27-At the Tabernacle
this morning vast throno rose tn sing the
opening doxoloey.
Praise God, from whom all BLESSINGS flow
After brief exposition of Scripture by the
pastor, the Rev. 7. De Witt Talmage. d n.
and the singing of a HYMN. Professor Henry
Eyre Browne rendered an organ solo. Sonata
No. l, in D minor. by G,1ilmant The subject
of DR. Talmage's sermon was aThe Swelling
of Jordan and his text Jer xii <. mIf thon
hast run with the footmen. and thew have
wearie,, thee. then how canst thou contend
with horsesq And if in the land of ,,eace
wherein thou trustedst. thew wearied thee
then So, wilt thou do in the swelling Of
Jesds1..yrhe eloquent preacher said.
Not in a petulant but in kindly terms I
must complain that a wrong has been done
me and the cause of honest Journalism. nv a
pretended sermon that is going the rounds of
hundreds Of papers with nv name amended.
a sermon entitled aFrauds Detected:n text.
Numbers xxi. %. aRut if We will NOT do
so. behold. We have sinned against the Lord:
and be sure your sin will find Won ont Not
one sentence of that nretended sermon did
preach. If this were the on1v offense of the
kind I would not speak of it. Such fraud
is not only wrong to ma b,,t to the GENTLE
men who. aft these tables. Sabbath nv Sab
hath. take accurate report of what is said and
done. and is a eross wrong to tbe 1000 news
paners which give every week nv sermon in
full to their readers, and often at great ex-
pense to themselves The only fault I have
to find with the newspaper press of this
country is. that thew treat me too well. But
cannot be made responsible for entire SER
mons NOT one word of which did preach.
But now turn from personal EXPLANATION to
the more important subject of the text
Jeremiah had become impatient with his
troubles. God saws to him: off Won cannot
stand these small trials and persecutions.
what are YOU going to do when the greater
trials and prosecutions Gomez If YOU have
been running a. race with footmen and thew
have beaten Won. what chance is there that
Won will outrun horses?n And then the figure
is changed You know. in April and Nav.
the Jordan oyerAows it's banks and the waters
IRISH violently on. sweeping everything be-
fore them. And God saws to the prophet:
aft Won are overcome with smaller trials and
vexations which have assaulted Won. what
will YOU do when the trials and ANNOYANCE
and prosecutions of life come in freshets
If in the land of peace wherein thou trusted
thew wearied thee. then how wilt thou do in
tbe swelling of Jordana
nractical wav to ask-if if is such a. dificuit
thing to get along without the religion of
Jes1s Christ. when things are comparatively
smooth. what will we do without Christ amid
the overnourino misfort1nes and disasters of
life that NAV come upon us? If troubles.
slow as footmen. s,1,nass us. what will we do
when thew take the feet of horsess and if now
in onr 1;fatime we are t,eaten hack and snh-
MERGED of sorrows because we have NOT tbe
religion of Jesus to comfort us. what will we
around,ahout us sstbe swelling of Jordanan The
fact that Won have come here. nv brother
NV sister shows that Won have some
tbines Won believe in common with
n,vself Won believe that there is a Cod
There is not an atheist in all this house. lido
NOT believe there ever was a real atheist in
all the WORLD. NdDOlGOn was on a SllDS OeSk
bo,nd for Eeypt IT was a bright. starry
night and as he paced the deck. THINKING Of
the great affairs of the state and of battle. he
heard two men on the deck in conversation
about God one saving there was (4od and
the other saving there was none. NAPOLEON
Stoned and looked I'M at the starry heavens
and then he turned to these men in converse.
ton and said: Gentlemen, heard one of YOU
re
Won nlease TO tell me who made all thatgu
Ave. if YOU had not been persuaded of it be-
fore. Won are persuaded of it now: for the
shining heavens declare the glory of God and
the earth shows his handiwork. But Won be-
1ieve more than that: Won believe that there
was a Jesus. Won believe that there was a
cross. Won believe that Won have an immor
fal soul: YOU believe that it must be regener-
ated by the spirit of God, or YOU can never
dwell in bliss eternal I think great MANY
of Won will saw that YOU believe tits impor-
tant to have the religion of Jesus Christ
avery day of orr life. to smooth orr
tempers and purify our minds, and hold
nc understandable amid all the annoy-
ance and yexations of life. You and T
have seen SO many men trampled down by
misfortunes because they had no faith in
Jesus and Won saw to yourself. off thew were
ca easily overcome by the trials of life, what
will it be when greater misfortunes come
nnon them-heart breaking calamities
Tremendous griefs2n Oh if we have no God
tn comfort us when orr fortune goes. and we
look unon the grave of our children. and our
houses are desolate. what will become of uss
What a sad thing it is to see men all
nnhelned of God. going out to fight
oiants of trouble. no closet of nrayer
in which to retreat no promise of mercy to
cootbe tbe soul no rock of refuge in which
IN hide from, tbe blast Oh. when the swift
conrsers of trouble are BROUGHT I'D. charming
and painting for the race, and the reins are
tbrolvn mon their necks and fine latbered
tanks at every spring feel the stroke of the
ZACH what can we do ON foot with theme
How can we comnete with thems IF. having
RIM with tbe footmen. thew weariei ms. how
can we contend with horses2
We have all welded to termination We
have been surprised afterward that so small an
inducement could have deceived us from the
r;obt How INSIGNIFICANT a termination has
sometimes captured our soul! And if that is
so, my dear brother, what will it be when we
come to stand in the presence of temptation
that Frustrated David, and Moses, and a
Peter, and some of the mightiest men in all
Gods kingdom? Now we are. honest; but
suppose we were placed in some path of life,
poopu of Gods chi16rau hava been yvhn,.a